Elle MacPherson

Elle MacPherson Biography

Elle Macpherson (born 29 March 1963) is an Australian businesswoman, television host, model and actress. She is well known for her record five cover appearances for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue beginning in the 1980s, leading to her nickname "The Body". She is also known as the founder primary model and creative director for a series of business ventures, including Elle Macpherson Intimates, a lingerie line, and The Body, a line of skin care products. In 2010, she became the host and executive producer of Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model. She is currently the host and an executive producer NBC's Fashion Star.

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Elle MacPherson Filmography

• (2013) Vampires of Hollywood as Magdalene
• (2012) Fashion Star as Herself
• (2012) Fashion Star as Herself - Host
• (2012) National Television Awards as Herself - Presenter
• (2012) The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards as Herself - Presenter: Best Actress in a TV Series - Comedy or Musical
• (2010) Gayle Tuesday: The Comeback as Herself
• (2009) The 7PM Project as Herself
• (2009) The Beautiful Life: TBL as Claudia Foster
• (2008) Quantum of Solace: Royal World Premiere Special as Herself
• (2008) Valentino: The Last Emperor as Herself
• (2007) Comic Relief 2007: The Big One as Herself
• (2007) The Graham Norton Show as Herself
• (2007) The Graham Norton Show as Herself (archive footage)
• (2006) It Takes Two as Herself
• (2006) Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2006 as Herself
• (2005) 20 to 1 as Herself (archive footage)
• (2005) 80s as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
• (2005) Britain's Next Top Model as Herself - Presenter
• (2005) Howard Stern on Demand as Herself
• (2005) I Love the '90s: Part Deux as Herself
• (2005) The Friday Night Project as Herself (uncredited)
• (2005) The Friday Night Project as Herself - Guest Host
• (2004) 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops as Herself - #101: Supermodels: Eat Like Us! (archive footage)
• (2004) Australia's Next Top Model as Herself
• (2004) Big Brother's Efourum as Herself
• (2004) Retrosexual: The 80's as Herself (archive footage)
• (2003) America's Next Top Model as Herself
• (2003) Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Herself
• (2003) This Week as Herself
• (2003) VH1: All Access as Herself
• (2001) A Girl Thing as Lauren Travis
• (2001) Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Herself
• (2001) I Love 1990's as Herself (also archive footage)
• (2001) Miss Universe 2001 as Herself - Host
• (2001) South Kensington as Camilla
• (2001) Wax Museum: History of Madame Tussaud's as Herself
• (2000) 42nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards as Herself
• (2000) Happy Birthday 2 You as Herself (archive footage) (as Elle MacPherson)
• (2000) Rove Live as Herself
• (2000) The 2000 World Music Awards as Herself - Host
• (2000) The Orange British Academy Film Awards as Herself
• (1999) Comic Relief: The Record Breaker as Herself
• (1999) Loose Women as Herself
• (1998) A Royal Birthday Celebration as Herself
• (1998) Beautopia as Herself
• (1998) Celebrity Profile as Herself
• (1998) Sky News: Sunrise as Herself
• (1998) With Friends Like These... as Samantha Mastandrea
• (1997) 1997 MTV Movie Awards as Herself - Presenter
• (1997) Batman & Robin as Julie Madison
• (1997) The Edge as Mickey Morse
• (1996) Australian Story as Herself - Guest Presenter
• (1996) Caiga quien caiga as Herself
• (1996) If Lucy Fell as Jane Lindquist
• (1996) Jane Eyre as Blanche Ingram
• (1996) Telemaratón 1996 as Herself
• (1996) The Mirror Has Two Faces as Candy
• (1995) A Day with as Herself
• (1995) Die Harald Schmidt Show as Herself
• (1995) Die schönsten Frauen der Welt - Elle MacPherson as Herself
• (1995) H3O as Guest
• (1995) Today Tonight as Herself
• (1995) Very Important Pennis as Herself
• (1994) 1994 MTV Movie Awards as Herself
• (1994) Friends as Janine (archive footage) (uncredited)
• (1994) Friends as Janine Lecroix
• (1994) Sports Illustrated 1994 Swimsuit Issue Video as Herself
• (1994) Your Personal Best with Elle MacPherson as Herself
• (1993) GMTV as Herself
• (1993) Intimate Portrait as Herself
• (1993) Late Show with David Letterman as Herself
• (1993) Late Show with David Letterman as Herself - Guest
• (1993) Sirens as Sheela
• (1992) Clive James on 1992 as Herself
• (1992) Tal cual as Herself
• (1992) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Herself
• (1990) Alice as Model
• (1990) Tonight Live with Steve Vizard as Herself
• (1989) Making of the Sports Illustrated 25th Anniversary Swimsuit Issue as Herself
• (1988) Live with Regis and Kathie Lee as Herself
• (1988) Live with Regis and Kathie Lee as Herself - Guest
• (1988) This Morning as Herself
• (1987) Biography as Herself
• (1987) Seitenblicke as Herself
• (1981) Entertainment Tonight as Herself
• (1975) Saturday Night Live as Herself (uncredited)
• (1975) Saturday Night Live as Herself - Host/Melanie Harvey/Monique Hooper/Laura
• (1971) A Current Affair as Herself (archive footage)

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Elle MacPherson Trivia and Facts

• Was quoted in an Australian magazine (Sydney Morning Heralds Good Weekend magazine) as saying that she did not like reading things that she had not written.
• One of the models who own the Fashion Cafe in New York City, along with Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell .
• She was "discovered" at the age of eighteen while vacationing in Aspen, Colorado, and was promptly signed to the Click modeling agency.
• (14 February 1998) Son, Arpad Flynn Busson born in New York, New York, USA. Father is Arpad Busson , a French financier.
• Elle claims she put on over 20 pounds in weight so that she would have a figure more in the tradition of a model of the day, for the film Sirens (1993)
• Home was robbed. Money and photographs were stolen. Ransom was held for photographs. Elle and husband worked with FBI and they caught the thieves. One of the thieves claimed that he was the father of Elles baby.
• (January 9, 2002) Became engaged to her partner of six years, French financier Arpad Busson , in the Bahamas.
• One of People Magazines "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1995.
• Has own line of lingerie in Australia, planning on extending it to US (May 2002)
• (February 4, 2003) Gave birth to her second child, a son named Aurelius Cy Andre, with Arpad Busson.
• Checked into the Meadows Clinic in Arizona, which offers treatment for psychological conditions and addictions. She is suffering from postnatal depression after the birth of her second child in February. [October 2003]
• One of the worlds top fashion models.
• As a teenager, she ran a mile in 4 minutes, 24 seconds.
• Has split with French financier Arpad Busson [June 2005].
• Was ranked #7 in Channel 5s "Worlds greatest supermodel".
• Speaks French fluently. She can also communicate in Spanish and Italian.
• Ranked #35 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
• Made the cover of "Sports Illustrated" magazine (swimsuit issues) a record 5 times (Feb. 1986, Feb. 1987, Feb. 1988, Feb. 1994, Feb. 2006).
• Ranked #80 on Mens Health 100 Hottest Women of all Time (2011).

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Elle MacPherson Quotes

• On modeling: "Im too old for that." (in 1999)
• "I am at a really good place in my life right now. A really, really good place." (in 1999)
• Nudity has never been an issue for me - Im Australian. Its more of a thing in America. I mean people can buy guns, yet its against the law to be topless on the beach.
• (On how she got her stepfathers surname Macpherson): I went to [a new] school, and my mother registered her [married] name, and they presumed, because people just didnt get divorced, that we had the same name.

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Elle MacPherson Photoshoots

• "Celebrity Skin" (USA), 2012, Iss. 11, pg. 74, by: n/a, "Models Turned Movie Stars: Elle Macpherson"
• "Playboy" (USA), January 2007, Vol. 54, Iss. 1, pg. 177, by: Splash News, "Grapevine: Elle Est Belle"
• "Sports Illustrated" (USA), 17 February 2006, Vol. 104, Iss. 7, pg. 7+139+141-144+146-147+148+150+152+176-177, by: Raphael Mazzullo, "Bombshell Beach"
• "Celebrity Skin" (USA), September 2004, Vol. 28, Iss. 132, pg. 10, by: staff, "Top 100 Sexiest Stars: #94 Elle Macpherson"
• "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), August 2004, Iss. 33, pg. 60-63, by: staff, "Runway Take-Offs: The Body Rehabs"
• "Sports Illustrated" (USA), February 2004, Iss. Winter, pg. 177, by: Walter Iooss Jr, "Sports Illustrated 40th Anniversary Hall of Fame"
• "Playboy" (USA), January 2004, Vol. 51, Iss. 1, pg. 208, by: staff, "Golden Memories"
• "Playboy" (USA), May 2003, Vol. 50, Iss. 5, pg. 71-72, by: Herb Ritts, "A Tribute To Herb Ritts"
• "Sports Illustrated: Ultimate Swimsuit" (USA), 5 November 2002, pg. 51+68+70-71
• "Celebrity Skin" (USA), August 2002, Vol. 24, Iss. 107, pg. 7, by: N/A, "Covering the Land Down Under"
• "High Society" (USA), December 2001, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pg. 18, by: staff, "2001 Cinema Sex Awards: Kate Capshaw & Elle Macpherson, "A Girl Thing""
• "Celebrity Skin" (USA), November 2001, Vol. 23, Iss. 100, pg. 118, "100 Sexiest Celebrities Of All Time Nude! #6 : The Body"
• "Red" (UK), July 2001
• "High Society" (USA), May 2001, Vol. 26, Iss. 5, pg. 84, by: staff, "The 25 Greatest Paparazzi Nudes of All Time : Elle Macpherson - June 2000"
• "High Society" (USA), April 2001, Vol. 26, Iss. 4, pg. 22, by: staff, "It's All About Tits & Ass: Best Tits"
• "Legs & Tail" (USA), 2001, Iss. Spring, pg. 60, by: staff, "CeLEGrities"
• "Celebrity Skin" (USA), December 1999, Vol. 21, Iss. 82, pg. 10-11, by: staff, "Grin & Bare It: Elle Macpherson"
• "Vogue" (Australia), September 1999
• "Playboy Special Edition" (USA), August 1999, pg. 18, by: staff, "Playboy's Sex Stars of the Century"
• "Playboy" (USA), January 1999, Vol. 46, Iss. 1, pg. 181, by: staff, "The Year in Sex"
• "Playboy" (USA), January 1999, Vol. 46, Iss. 1, pg. 105-128+214-220, by: D. Keith Mano, "Sex Stars Of The Century"
• "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1999, Vol. 12, Iss. 8, pg. 68-71, by: staff, "Hugh's Sorry Now: Elle Macpherson"
• "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1999, Vol. 12, Iss. 4, pg. 96-97, by: staff, "It Does 'The Body' Good"
• "Playboy" (USA), December 1998, Vol. 45, Iss. 12, pg. 158, by: Gretchen Edgren, "Sex Stars Of 1998"
• "Picture" (Australia), August 1998
• "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1998, Vol. 11, Iss. 3, pg. 4-9, by: staff, "Just Do It! - Elle Macpherson"
• "Mayfair" (UK), April 1997, Vol. 32, Iss. 4, pg. 12, by: staff, "Elle's Bells!"
• "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1997, Vol. 10, Iss. 8, pg. 92-93, by: staff, "Treasured Chests: #3 Elle Macpherson"
• "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1997, Vol. 11, Iss. 1, pg. 52, by: staff, "Star-Tistics"
• "Playboy" (USA), December 1996, Vol. 43, Iss. 12, pg. 162, by: Gretchen Edgren, "Sex Stars 1996"
• "Max" (France), November 1996
• "GQ" (UK), August 1996
• "Maxim" (UK), June 1996
• "Playboy" (USA), May 1996, Vol. 43, Iss. 5, pg. 127, by: staff, "Super Models"
• "Playboy" (USA), January 1996, Vol. 43, Iss. 1, pg. 141, by: staff, "The Year in Sex 1995"
• "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1996, Vol. 9, Iss. 4, pg. 36-39, by: staff, "Girls On The Side: Elle Macpherson"
• "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1996, Vol. 9, Iss. 4, pg. 94-97, by: staff, "Toasting The Supermodels: Elle Macpherson"
• "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1996, Vol. 9, Iss. 2, pg. 74-77, by: staff, "The 25 Sexiest Women of 1996: # 6 - Elle Macpherson"
• "Photo" (France), December 1995
• "Playboy" (USA), December 1995, Vol. 42, Iss. 12, pg. 79, by: Gretchen Edgren, "Sex Stars 1995"
• "People Weekly" (USA), 8 May 1995, Vol. 43, Iss. 18, pg. 95, by: Sante D'Orazio, "The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World"
• "Elle" (Spain), March 1995
• "Celebrity Skin" (USA), January 1995, Vol. 17, Iss. 39, pg. 35, by: staff, "Grin & Bare It!"
• "Celebrity Skin" (USA), January 1995, Vol. 17, Iss. 39, pg. 62-65, by: staff, "Siren's Full-Frontal Debut!"
• "Sports Illustrated: Best Of The Swimsuit Supermodels" (USA), Special 1995, Vol. -, Iss. -, pg. 80-93, by: various photographers, "Elle"
• "Mayfair" (UK), 1995, Vol. 30, Iss. 1, pg. 13, by: n/a, "Fucking Elle!"
• "Playboy" (USA), December 1994, Vol. 41, Iss. 12, pg. 173, by: Gretchen Edgren, "Sex Stars 1994"
• "Max" (France), November 1994
• "Playboy" (USA), November 1994, Vol. 41, Iss. 11, pg. 144+145, by: Bruce Williamson, "Sex In Cinema 1994"
• "American Photo" (USA), September 1994
• "American Photographer" (USA), September 1994
• "Mayfair" (UK), August 1994, Vol. 29, Iss. 8, pg. 12, by: n/a, "Elle Yes!"
• "Playboy" (USA), May 1994, Vol. 41, Iss. 5, pg. 124-133, by: Herb Ritts, "Elle"
• "Sports Illustrated" (USA), 14 February 1994, Vol. 80, Iss. 6, pg. 66+68-69+100, by: Walter Iooss Jr., Donna Demari, Paul Lange, Michael O'Neil, Mike Reinhardt & Anthony Gordon, "Everyone Into The Pool"
• "Celebrity Sleuth" (USa), 1994, Vol. 7, Iss. 2, pg. 82-87, by: staff, "The 25 Sexiest Women of 1994: # 3 Elle Macpherson"
• "Men Only" (UK), 1994, Vol. 59, Iss. 4, pg. 8, by: n/a, "Just For the Elle of it!"
• "Men's World" (UK), 1994, Vol. 6, Iss. 6, pg. 6, by: n/a, "One Elle of a Body"
• "Playboy" (USA), December 1993, Vol. 40, Iss. 12, pg. 179, by: Jim Harwood, "Sex Stars 1993"
• "Elle" (France), 21 June 1993
• "Elle" (USA), August 1992
• "Playboy" (USA), December 1991, Vol. 38, Iss. 12, pg. 185, by: Jim Harwood, "Sex Stars 1991"
• "Elle" (USA), November 1991
• "Sports Illustrated" (USA), 11 February 1991, Vol. 74, Iss. 5, pg. 4+91+93+96-99+103-105, by: Marc Hispard, "Nautical & Nice"
• "GQ" (USA), January 1991
• "Playboy" (USA), December 1990, Vol. 37, Iss. 12, pg. 176, by: Jim Harwood, "Sex Stars Of 1990"
• "Elle" (USA), August 1990
• "Sports Illustrated" (USA), 19 February 1990, Vol. 72, Iss. 6, pg. 105+115+119+126-127, by: Robert Huntzinger, "Down By The Seaside"
• "Sports Illustrated" (USA), February 1989, Vol. 70, Iss. 6, pg. 216-221, by: Jay Maisel, "G'Day Elle"
• "Elle" (USA), February 1989
• "Sports Illustrated" (USA), 18 February 1988, Vol. 68, Iss. 7, pg. 4+79+90+94-95+100-101+104-107, by: Marc Hispard, "Pearls Of The Orient"
• "Elle" (USA), December 1987
• "Sports Illustrated" (USA), 9 February 1987, Vol. 66, Iss. 6, pg. 4+100-101+103+116-117+128-129, by: John G. Zimmerman, "Sugar & Spice And, Oh, So Nice"
• "Harper's Bazaar" (USA), November 1986
• "Elle" (USA), September 1986
• "Sports Illustrated" (USA), 10 February 1986, Vol. 64, Iss. 6, pg. 105+107+116+121+124-125+130+133, by: Brian Lanker, "Ornaments Of Society"

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Elle MacPherson Other Works

• Print ad for Finesse Shampoo (1993)
• Print ad for Omega Watches (1997)
• (1998) Print ads for America's Milk Producers "got milk?"milk mustache campaign.
• Workout Video: "Your Personal Best Workout With Elle MacPherson, "
• (1995, Buena Vista)
• Print ad for Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group (2000)
• (1982) Appeared in a red bikini in a Tab Commercial (a popular soft drink sold
• through the Coca-Cola company); the man who stares at her gets doused with a bucket of ice.
• TV commercial for MCI Friends & Family (1991)
• TV commercial for America Online's AOL 9.0 (2003-04)
• fitness video: "Body Workout"
• Appeared in print ads for Club Med Sandpiper (1987).
• (2008-11) Print ads for Revlon's Age Defying Makeup.
• (2009) Print ads for Revlon's Age Defying Spa Foundation makeup.
• (2009) Print ads for Revlon's Pedi-Expert foot skin care tool.

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Elle MacPherson Trademarks

• Statuesque, model-like figure

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